PROFILE
Jolly Children’s centre is a Community Based Organization (CBO) operating in Namayumba Sub County central Uganda. Founded in 2009 to improve the lives of orphans and vulnerable children in Namayumba Sub County. Since its inception in 2009 the organization has been operating in rural areas with rural poor families and disadvantaged children such as orphans and vulnerable children, infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty . We are providing orphans and vulnerable children with free education, scholastic materials, beddings, clothes and school feeding.
VISION:
To offer quality services to the vulnerable and disadvantaged children of Namayumba sub county
Mission statement
Support and build the capacity of orphans and vulnerable children to live a quality life and make themselves self reliant through providing them basic needs and practical skills.
Our Goal is to cater for the children’s welfare and serve as an instrument of their development, integration and empowerment.
How Sponsorship works
It ensures that a child receives an education, clothing, nutritious food, health care, vocational training, life skills and most importantly, a place to call home.
- Primary sponsorship: $150 a term or $ 450 a year
- Secondary sponsorship: $200 a term or $ 600 a year
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Become our partner! Get involved with us in a variety of ways and make a lasting impact on the children we serve.
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- Become a Virtual Volunteer: discuss ideas on how to increase our awareness, involve your school or company in a fundraising events and to become an advocate on behalf of Jolly child children centre .
- Christmas Gifts: Many organizations, companies, churches and homes offer gifts as well as grants during Christmas seasons as their individual contributions towards children charities.
- Occasion party! - Birthday, graduation, anniversary - you can host a fun-filled event and ask your friends to bring a gift or a financial contribution in honor of the festivity. No contribution is too small!
- Community Networking: Join our community at Face book, or Change.org. You will be able to meet other of one mind people, upload videos, and share news and ideas that can have a positive impact on our mission.
- Create your own web page: Dedicate a web page that you create to Jolly children centre. You can easily upload a direct link to our website as well as a DONATE NOW button so that your friends can make a contribution easily and securely.
- Share child sponsorship with your church, class or family: Invite a group of friends or loved ones to share a sponsorship with you.
- Tell us your idea: Is there a creative and fun way that others can easily join to make a difference? Share those ideas! We would love to hear them.
Volunteering (who do we need)
Jolly Children’s centre offers an excellent opportunity for individuals and groups to work directly with the children in our orphanages in Uganda. The children are brilliant, and love to receive visitors.
Volunteers have the opportunity help out in a number of ways. They can help children learn to read or use a computer, play a game of soccer
We are looking for volunteers who love working with children and have a flair for creativity. You will teach small classes in our school on site. Qualified teachers and general volunteers are all welcome.
You will be engaged in various activities, mainly teaching and helping out in the children’s home. You can organize special activities in the library, such as art classes, recorder lessons, tutoring reading etc.
Volunteers teach classes of around 15-30 children. We encourage volunteers to focus on teaching remedial reading and writing and working with arts and crafts with the children. Although there are some arts and crafts supplies brought from volunteers at the centre, we rely on the volunteers to utilize these items. Your mornings will involve working in the kindergarten, and after lunch having you have tome to visit home and play games.
Accommodation
You will be accommodated in our children’s home. Accommodation is simple but spacious and basic high-quality food is provided in the volunteer fee.
We are very particular about financial transparency for all interested volunteers. Volunteers pay some little money on your arrival to cover your accommodation and to help us run our projects. This money is given directly to the director of the orphanage/ project upon your arrival. And the price is $ 400 per month
All prices are in US$ but you can pay the equivalent in any major currency. You will notice that for our project, the first month is a bit more expensive than subsequent months - this is because it includes transport to and from the airport (usually $100 is reduced the following months.
Message from the Director.
It is my sincere hope that you are fine. I’ am Mrs. NAGAWA VICTORIA of Jolly Children’s Centre-Namayumba (JCCN)
Thank you very much all Volunteers, Sponsors, Donors and Well wishers for considering our plight and assisting us.
Am the Founder and the Director of Jolly Children’s Centre. In my capacity as mama of all children, I work tirelessly to rescue, feed, accommodate, protect and educate orphans and vulnerable children. I struggle and try to manage. They too deserve the right to exist and we should come to their aid.
Each child represents a unique gift of life and possibility. They were born to run, play, explore, grow, learn and to dream of what they will be when they grow up.
Unless we have seen it with our own eyes, it is difficult for most of us to imagine the reality of a small child living in a cardboard box, under a bridge or in a garbage dump. We don’t want to imagine it. And yet this is a daily reality in many poor countries.
Kindly if you are able to assist us achieve our objectives, we will appreciate and May God Bless You. (Amen)Thank you
Yours Sincerely,
MRS. NAGAWA VICTORIA
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